Our composer of the quarter is

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Our composer of the quarter is
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MILES DAVIS
Miles Davis
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Miles Dewey Davis III lived from May 26th,
1926 to September 28th, 1991
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Miles Davis grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois
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His family had a big house in the city and a 200
acre ranch in the country where Miles loved to
spend time riding horses when he was a boy.
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His father was a dentist.
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His mother was a music teacher!
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Miles Davis started playing trumpet when he was
13.
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Miles played his first professional gig when he
was 17. On the gig, he met the greatDizzy
Gillespie and Charlie Parker.
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Dizzy and Bird were playing a type of jazz called
Bebop, which was created by them, along with
some other New York musicians.
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Miles Davis liked Bebop music so much that as
soon as he graduated from high school, he moved
to New York. When he got there, he found Bird
and started playing in his band.
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Miles liked Birds music but he didnt want to
play exactly like him. He played with a more
relaxed sound. Throughout his life, he continued
to change the way he played so that he could make
music the way he wanted.
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The Birth of Cool

• This is Miles Davis first major recording as a
  leader.
• The instrumentation included French horn and tuba
  which was unusual for the time.
• This album inspired a style of jazz called Cool
  Jazz.

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The First Quintet

• This is the first of two famous quintets
• led by Miles.
• This rhythm section
• is considered one of
• the best in jazz.
• A rhythm section usually
• consists of a combination
• of piano, bass, guitar, drums.

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Working with Gil Evans

• Miles makes a lot of music with the arranger, Gil
  Evans.
• The music often uses an instrumentation with many
  instruments of the orchestra.

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The Second Quintet

• The drummer, Tony Williams was only 17 when he
  began playing with this group.
• They played in a style that people began to call
  Freebop.
• After a while they began to experiment with a
  fusion of jazz and rock sounds.

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Electric Miles

• Miles started using electric instruments.
• Helped to create a style of music called
  Fusion.
• Fusion is a combination of Jazz and Rock n
  Roll.

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Miles Davis Trumpets
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